Globe photos of the week, Jan. 11, 2013

Police police officers bowed their heads in prayer during a plaque dedication ceremony at the Boston Police Department's Area B-2 station to honor Sergeant Horatio Homer, who became the first black Boston police officer in 1878.
John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Globe photos of the week, Jan. 11, 2013

A chair on the ice provided a convenient place for Laurie Hawkins of Rockport to change out of his skates at Gloucester's Niles Pond.

John Blanding/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

Musa Kamara of Dorchester practiced putting at the William J. Devine Golf Course at Franklin Park in Dorchester. "It's Sunday. I just didn't want to sit inside," said Kamara.

Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

The Boston College Eagles’ Pat Mullane defended Yale University Bulldogs’ Colin Dueck during third period action at Conte Forum.

Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff
| January 11, 2013

An airplane headed for a landing at Hanscom Field under a colorful winter sunset.

Jim Davis/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

Contrails from jets formed lines in the sky above the statue of George Washington on the Boston Public Garden.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

Donald Hall of Cambridge ran at Harvard Stadium to get in shape for an upcoming ski trip.

Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

Like many other mothers-to-be, S. Courtney Rice wore a lot of scarves a work when she was pregnant with her daughter, Molly Rice-Philp, in order to conceal her pregnancy.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

The family of Almas, 8, front, and Abdulallah, 11, Alhazmi moved from Saudi Arabia to Quincy so the children could be treated for a rare genetic disorder, Diamond Blackfan Anemia, at Children’s Hospital in Boston.

Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

Former state lab chemist Annie Dookhan pleaded not guilty in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn to charges of altering drug evidence and obstructing justice.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

Elizabeth Warren shared a hug with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan prior to a re-enactment of her senatorial swearing-in ceremony at Roxbury Community College for the benefit of supporters who couldn't travel to Washington for the real one.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

Police police officers bowed their heads in prayer during a plaque dedication ceremony at the Boston Police Department's Area B-2 station to honor Sergeant Horatio Homer, who became the first black Boston police officer in 1878.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
| January 11, 2013

Rescue workers from the Animal Rescue League and Waltham firefighters freed a deer trapped on a frozen pond in Waltham. The animal was in poor condition and was later euthanized.